Today's Northern Powerhouse business news from Insider |
Hospitality and entertainment group Mission Mars is bringing the Albert's Schloss bar and restaurant brand to a landmark art deco building in Liverpool in a scheme that will create 200 jobs. The Liverpool venue will be the third Albert's Schloss.
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News from the Northern Powerhouse | A provider of specialist healthcare equipment and services which employs more than 650 staff from nine UK locations has been snapped up.
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Works have now started on a new £100m Liverpool city centre gateway development.
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British Steel has submitted the planning application for a £26m upgrade to its Special Profiles business in Skinningrove. The plans represent the biggest single investment in the division for more than 30 years.
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The next phase of development at 25-acre mixed use development Middlewood Locks has been approved by Salford City Council planners.
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Global aerospace company Lockheed Martin, which has been involved in all 22 NASA missions to Mars, is exploring options for a new facility in the North East which could create up to 2,300 jobs.
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Engineering and maintenance contractor Bilfinger UK has opened a new job-creating fabrication facility in Hull.
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The £225m acquisition of SYNETIQ, a salvage and vehicle dismantling specialist with 15 UK locations and approximately 500 employees, has moved forward after securing clearance from the Competition and Markets Authority.
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Tritax Symmetry has signed a lease agreement with B&Q on a 430,000 sq ft design and build facility in Doncaster, which will be become a seasonal warehouse and distribution centre.
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Liquid fertiliser manufacturer Brineflow has begun construction to expand its terminal at the Port of Sunderland, in a move which will "make a substantial contribution to the food security of our nation".
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Town deal funding of £39.5m to regenerate Blackpool has been fully approved by the government.
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Powerhouse Perspective | In the latest instalment of Insider's Q&A series on the Northern Powerhouse, Jon Smith, chief marketing officer at Autocab, discusses what the initiative means to him, how more needs to be done to address transport connections, and calls for greater collaboration between towns and cities across the North.
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